A man convicted of killing his teenage cousin in 2002 will remain in prison as a judge ruled he is not ready for release, despite having served nearly 23 years of a 25-year minimum sentence.

Marcus Jason Daniel, who fatally stabbed 16-year-old Suzette Gibson while under the influence of drugs and alcohol, appeared before Justice Lisa Ramsumair-Hinds in May for his second sentence review.

Daniel was initially sentenced to death in 2005 but later had his conviction reduced to manslaughter by the Court of Appeal in 2014. He spent much of his incarceration at the St Ann’s Psychiatric Hospital and will continue serving the remainder of his minimum term at an appropriate prison facility determined by the Commissioner of Prisons.